Senior System Administrator - Federal IT & Security

Integral; Tysons (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off & Holidays

401(k) with immediate vesting

Professional Training Reimbursement

Job summary

Integral Federal is seeking a System Engineer to maintain availability, access, configuration, and operational continuity for VA systems while coordinating the transition to VA-EISS for MISI.

Responsibilities include administering legacy hosts, triaging tickets, maintaining runbooks, and supporting releases in a controlled federal environment. Strong scripting and security discipline are required, with a Public Trust clearance preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or IT with 7–10 years' experience.
• Windows/Linux systems administration and enterprise application operations experience.
• Troubleshooting of web/application servers, database connectivity, identity and interfaces.
• Ability to manage change, access, incidents, backups and runbooks in a controlled federal environment.
• Disciplined validation of automated scripts and protection of credentials and operational data.
• Public Trust.

Responsibilities

• Administer assigned legacy hosts, services, middleware, patching and access coordination in approved VA environments.
• Triage operations tickets, monitor health and document recurring defects with escalation to development and security teams.
• Maintain configuration records, service dependencies, backup/restore procedures and cutover-support runbooks.
• Use VA-approved automation and AI-assisted drafting for scripts or runbooks only with tested human review and no exposed secrets.
• Support release windows, integration testing, security evidence and controlled legacy-system retirement.

Skills

Windows administration

Linux administration

Troubleshooting

Change management

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or IT

Tools

Oracle WebLogic

ITIL

STIG/security

Job description

Integral Federal is seeking a System Engineer to maintain availability, access, configuration, and operational continuity for VA systems while coordinating the transition to VA-EISS for MISI.

Responsibilities include administering legacy hosts, triaging tickets, maintaining runbooks, and supporting releases in a controlled federal environment. Strong scripting and security discipline are required, with a Public Trust clearance preferred.